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The EVE Live Events team is putting on more live events. Last Thursday, we held an event code named "Operation Spectre", where players were tasked by the Empire navies to go and destroy some pirate research facilities. There were some successes in the event, some problems, and we learned a lot in the process. In order to catch players up on what happened, how the event progressed, how we in the Live Events team had planned it, and much more, CCP Goliath has put together this dev blog to break down what happened.

Been some events going on right there

o7 folks, looking forward to taking some questions and reading some feedback!

Here's my questions:

If Ghost sites are to appear in all areas of space (including Wormhole Space), why was it necessary to bring a live event fleet through null-sec?

Why not reinforce Sarum Prime if that was the staging system to begin with?

Gallente/Minmatar fleets wound up having to fly in the opposite direction when in route from Sarum Prime to Ihal, why weren't the staging systems more specific in proximity based on factional favor?

Q: Why are Live Events always announced so late (usually 24h-ish)? Why not a week or so in advance?

Q: Are there any thoughts to the suggestions of bridging players closer to event systems to mitigate TiDi?

Thematically, having the event happen in pirate space was exciting and flavourful. Plus, as mentioned in the blog, we wanted to run an event in null and see how it went as one of our team goals. Finally, while this event is part of the origin story of Ghost Sites, it's not so closely linked to them that it's forced to mimic them.



Excellent question, and frankly just an oversight on my part as I said in the blog. At least it won't happen again!



Ihal was a last minute change we made to stop Sarum Prime and other systems from being severly affected by the load on them. We had to make the decision in minutes and Ihal fit our requirements at the time.

I guess because even more players would show up. Making coordination, TiDi and control even harder.

I have to say, the questions in this devblog are amazingly well-written. ;)

I would suggest this is the ONLY solution to not leading herds of HS noobs to the virtual slaughter... The key will likely be in volunteers stepping up and CCP willing to run smaller/quicker events to vet out idiots/spais and develop a really good rapport with folks they hope will step up when you think a cluster-wide event might occur. As for rewards... if you can't get some enjoyment out of the participation and being trusted to keep quiet beforehand... you're just too greedy

Other considerations: not addressed/partly addressed

* CCP already knows the pattern here, ANY event in LS or Null or even W-space will draw 2 crowds, those wanting to participate, and those willing to KM whore on anything that moves, in LS/Null this ofc includes the large alliances that have hot-droped in the past and will not hesitate to do so again... this does not mean all events must be in HS, no.... it means blindly dropping 600 carebears via titan into null will not go as planned...
* enthusiasm will not make up for lack of co-ordination... and that more focused events should take place first. (how about a quick war between serpentis and angels in NPC-null?, or a pocket of contested LS flipping to a pirate faction?)
* Polaris is isolated from all other systems (so its unique in the code) so why not have a unique WH with infinite mass that could open into a class 5 or 6 that CCP knows is empty, and that WH could spawn on command in several systems drawing together several fleets (leaving behind players might be an issue, but smart FC's will leave behind a scan-ship or 3, to get pods, disconnects or other assorted folks out)
* I applaud CCP for 'trying' but I imagine if you had run this past event by the CSM (did you?) or any other number of FW or alliance leaders, the feedback would have been... bwahhhahahahahahaha....really? you're serious?
* whoever came up with the arc for industrialists (you didn't say much) but its far enough outside the box it will likely work... keep listening to them.
* I'm not a personal fan of them, but to shake up the box a bit you might also consider a HS event based around the number of HS-war-dec corps, like allowing them to declare war on Sisters or Mordu or better yet a major empire, and all the faction police would be targets.
* perhaps a cannonball-run hauling event (must have entry fee, and some decently priced cargo)
* repairing the trust between HS dwellers and CCP live events should be high on the list, (I wasn't there, but the killboards made me laugh)
* speaking of being there... I know CCP employees want to go home and cuddle with their loved ones, but I live on the east coast of the US and cannot for the life of me remember the last time I got home in time to see anything but the aftermath of these events. even making an honest effort to have events in US or AUS time zones could go a long way.

Hope that was helpful.

From my casual arm-chair observation I think you've missed the focus of the criticism, as far as curse is concerned at least, that there was no event, because everyone was either dead or had given up before anyone got to the event in order for it to take place.

Next time - do your homework properly first and secondly spawn a Jovian BS fleet to blap the goon gatecamp. Then you might actually have an event.